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This was a tax on all paper goods
The Stamp Act
This was a tax on finished goods, like glass, lead, paper and tea
Townshend Acts
The colonists ______________ British goods in response to the Stamp Act.
Boycotted
This extremely popular pamphlet titled _____________, written by ________________ pushed the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
"Common Sense" , John Locke
This act forced the colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.
Quartering Act
This event led to the British being in debt and was why they started taxing the colonists.
French and Indian War
This was a gathering a delegate who got together in Philadelphia to decide what to do about the British
First Continental Congress
To cancel or get rid of an act/law
Repeal
This act closed Boston Harbor and banned town meetings
Intolerable Acts
This event is known as the "First Shots" of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
This forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Hist tax on foreign sugar and molasses and outlawed foreign rum
Sugar Act
British leaders had complete authority to pass any law they saw fit for the colonies
Declaratory Act
This act guaranteed religious freedom for Catholics and restored French civil law
Quebec Act
This event occurred in Boston during a protest where British soldiers shot into an unarmed crowd leaving 5 colonists dead
Boston Massacre
The Sons of Liberty boarded ships in Boston and dumped hundreds of pounds of tea into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
A secret patriotic society that organized protests and boycotts
Sons of Liberty
Groups in various colonies that wrote to each other to express ideas, debate issues, and coordinate resistance to British policies
Committees of Correspondence
Famously challenged the Writs of Assistance that allowed British forces to search colonists' homes
James Otis
A writer who wrote political plays about opposition to British politics and denounced government officials
Mercy Otis Warren